The Brown To Green Podcast

Part two of a two part podcast. Lauren and Jamie pick up where they left off in episode one. Angie has some exciting news to share that you're going to want to hear!

Part one of a two part podcast. Lauren and Jamie sit down with Angie Hodge for a few laughs and a whole lot of Jesus. You're not going to want to miss it!

Michael and new host Ryan Nelson interview Carson Clay. Carson tells the story how he went from sitting in the back row playing Tetris, to being a man after God's own heart.

Ryan and Lauren Nelson sit with Michael and Lauren to talk about young love, life before Jesus, and how they've been delivered from bondage after their sweet daughter Ellie passed. They are now thriving with Jesus and making disciples who make disciples.

Michael sits down with Ashley Bigham to talk about their mission trip to Africa. This episode talks of some of the amazing things the Lord did and how He continues to work.

In Mark 10, some Pharisees “test” Jesus by asking Him if it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife. Michael and Lauren Farris and Travis and Lori Evans dig deep into the Word about marriage and divorce. Each couple brings a different perspective - Travis and Lori both divorced and remarried, and Michael and Lauren married only once, to each other. They share real and raw stories about the Lord’s...

Michael and Lauren Farris and Travis and Lori Evans come together for a reunion of sorts. It's been a long 18 months since we've released an episode, and so many things have happened. Join us as we learn where they've been, what they're doing now, and where the podcast is headed. Buckle-Up! It's a fun ride. Show Notes: Passing the Staff at HC video: https://vimeo.com/737604272...

Join us as we sit down with Ashlynn Clay to learn her story of transformation and how she manages life, ministry, and disciple making as a new mom. Link to Silkie Chicken, as promised. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie

In this episode of the Brown to Green podcast Michael and Travis are joined by Scott Brownson from Clydehurst Christian Ranch in McLeod, Montana. Scott shares with us some insight into the legacy of the ranch, how it was founded and his own deep family ties to the ranch. As the men unpack the mission of Clydehurst, you can hear Scott’s heart for the Lord and his desire to invest into people.  http...

Join Lori and Lauren as they dive deep with the marvelous Monique Hicks. She begins her story in a dark and lonely place as the wife of an addict, but is now flourishing as a disciple-maker. Listen in as she shares her story of transformation, what it was like to disciple through COVID, and move to different local church after emerging from quarantine. Her story is another picture of the miracles...

This episode features the wonderful Le Thornton. She shares her story of traversing life and disciple-making as she navigated a personal health crisis. After a long 3 years (which  included being diagnosed with Cushing’s Disease, followed by brain surgery), she’s on the path to physical healing as she teaches other women how to find their spiritual healing in Jesus. Le is such a joy to talk t...

Heath Hubbard calls in from Tokyo, Japan, to join Travis and Michael on this episode. He and his wife first visited Japan 12 years ago, became full-time missionaries 9 years ago, and 5 years ago they planted a church there. He describes the commonality of people coming to church for the first time who have never even heard the gospel before. He shares how they use an internship program as a pipeli...

Janice Manlove joins Lori and Lauren and shares stories about growing up in Texas and learning to walk with the Lord. Although she was baptized at age 12, she always felt there was something more she needed to do to be sure she was saved. A tragedy in her life would be the catalyst to move her toward submitting to Jesus as her Lord. She has since continually progressed in her relationship with the...

Danielle Standifer’s first time on the podcast just wasn’t enough, so we brought her back on a year later. She sits down again with Lori and Lauren and shares a pretty amazing story about connecting with family she never knew. We also get to check in on her growth as a leader of women disciples, and she even shares a little of her heart about being a single mother. Good stuff right here.

Join Lauren on this episode as she sits down in the studio with Mercy Kouri. Mercy grew up in Canada and forsook the standard college route, opting instead to attend Discipleship Training School (DTS) through an organization called Youth with a Mission (YWAM). This would take her to New Zealand where she met her now-husband, Aaron Kouri. Mercy discusses how learning to make disciples was an answer...

Lori and Lauren kick off this season with the ever-so-wise CJ Powell, and the three of them dig into what it looks like to submit to husbands as is fitting in the Lord. CJ became a widow in 2018, after 49 years of marriage, so she has plenty of experience in this area. She came to know Jesus as a young lady and served Him her entire married life. Join these ladies as they share their wins and loss...

Michael and Travis talk with Todd Nighswonger in this episode. Todd is the lead pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California. They discuss the “why” behind making disciples. Todd even turns the tables around and asks a few questions. Listen in as these guys talk about how to avoid getting lost in the “machinery” of making disciples, actions v. knowledge, and how to recognize a...

Lindsey Hartman, wife of previous guest, Kolby Hartman, joins Lori and Lauren in studio on this episode. Church has always been part of her life, but that hasn’t prevented suffering from being equally present. Several years ago, someone came into Lindsey’s life that would propel her into an intimate relationship with Christ through discipleship. Now a disciple maker herself, Lindsey shares the det...

Kolby Hartman sits down with Michael and Travis to tell his story. He became a drug addict at 13, after innocently being introduced to narcotic pain relievers by a loved one when he had a sore shoulder after a baseball game. He would eventually meet his wife Lindsey, get married, and have a child. Yet he still held onto his addiction. But the Lord had other plans. He’s now over one year clean and...

Lori and Lauren have a conversation with disciple-maker Trista Voos of Kansas City. She grew up going to church on Easter and Christmas. She joined a sorority at Kansas State and quickly found herself around several Christian sorority sisters. It would be one of these women that God would use to show Trista who Jesus was as they sat in a bar. She eventually joined a Bible study and started her own...

"Rest does not always equal restoration." Michael and Travis sit down in the studio with David Brockman, husband of former guest, Jenny Brockman. David was arrested at 7:30am on his 18th birthday. This landed him a stay at Teen Challenge, where he wasn't known as David the addict, but instead, only as David the sinner. It would change his life. He would get married, get a job in the ministry, even...

Lori & Lauren welcome Lyndsey Hause in studio for this episode. She’s leading her first group of women disciples, teaching them the words, ways and works of Jesus. She talks about the “random” way she was introduced to making disciples. Then, holding back tears, she shares what it was like to start submitting to her husband in the manner called for in Ephesians 5:22. So much is packed in to th...

Dakota Palomino was born in Denver. He spent his early life in an abusive home, which ended in divorce when he was 11. He moved to Oklahoma and found himself in church. He tried to earn the love of the Father by serving at church, beginning at an early age (13).  Eventually, however, he would leave the church as young adult, and “slap a Jesus sticker on his arm and do what the rest of the peo...

Jenny Brockman and her husband David have been in ministry for most of their lives. She joins Lori and Lauren in studio to chat about disciple-making while raising a family; moving from ministry burnout to serving again; and chasing down the late Rachel Moix to convince her to disciple her. This one might cause you to shed a tear, but it’s worth it.

David Hamlin joins Michael and Travis from his home in Bozeman, Montana. He’s a college student whose active in campus ministry while simultaneously discipling three men in the words, ways, and works of Jesus. David shares how he moved from “passive faith to purpose” and explains how followers of Jesus are always “on the clock.” David is a breath of fresh air, and you won’t regret your forty-five...